Download Affinity Suite 2.3

Serif has released version 2.3 of the Affinity Suite. The Affinity Suite consists of the Photo, Designer and Publisher programs, and can be regarded as the counterpart of, for example, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. The software is available for Windows, macOS and iOS, and is regularly offered at a discount. Furthermore, it is a one-time purchase, because Serif does not do subscriptions. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Features and improvements affecting all platforms

• Spiral Tool
  • Choice of styles including Linear, Decaying, Fibonacci and Plotted
  • Optional straight-line edges
  • Spiral Tool tutorial: https://youtu.be/czxN1nSkn9Y
• Pixel grid options in all apps
  • Automatic Grid returns to Photo
  • Pixel Grid tutorial: https://youtu.be/R457ABIv80U
• Place and export password-protected PDFsincluding the ability to individually allow:
  • Document printing
  • Content modification
  • Content copying
  • Password protected PDF tutorial: https://youtu.be/NP6dPxD6wuo
• Export PDF files to PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2) standard
• Change Asset Panel background color
• (Publisher) Image tagging for accessible PDFs
  • Tags Panel for Alternative Text: https://youtu.be/ARWDRB9Qyrs
• (Publisher) Find and Replace panel uses inbuilt and custom fields in search terms and replacement text
• (Designer) 'Keep selected' preference in Pencil Tool
• (Publisher) Independent formatting of cross-reference field

Windows and macOS features and improvements

• Move Data Entry improvements
  • Scale option to resize by a given percentage
  • Insertion Mode options to insert duplicates in front of or behind the original object
  • Edit object properties as you transform
  • Improved Number of copies slider behavior
• Brush names show by default on the Brushes panel
• Create new documents from assets by dragging from panel to title bar
• Create shapes of same type and properties from an existing shape selection

iPad features and improvements

• Optionally deselect shapes after creation
• (Photo) Curves adjustment graph editor shows all colored channel curve